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A few miles from my home is a national park and wildlife refuge. Some time ago, during a visit to the park, I sat looking out over a small lake, enjoying a beautiful fall evening, savouring the peace and quiet. The sun was beginning to set and it seemed to be the close of another wonderful day. I was startled out of my peaceful thoughts by a sound that made all the hairs on my body seem to stand on end.

It was the bugle of an elk calling for a mate. I had heard it many times before; it just took me by surprise this time. I turned in the direction the sound came from and there he stood.

He was a huge bull, a magnificent animal, looking every bit as majestic as you would picture an elk looking. He was standing perhaps 20 yards from where I sat. He raised his head and let forth another bugle call. I was close enough to see his breath as he called.

The bugle of an elk is a sound that you have to experience, it is almost impossible to describe. It sounds like a cross between an out of tune bugle and a freight train whistle with some other elements that I don't have words for thrown in. It is a wonderful, frightening, eerie sound.

Elk are very vocal animals with a wide range of grunts in their repertoire as well as bugling. Both bulls and cows will bugle, so it can get quiet wild in the evening as they call back and forth from all directions. It wasn't long after my bull bugled that answers came from several directions. It really was a privilege to listen.

Watching the sun go down and listening to the elk bugle, it was impossible not to think of God. Even in the days when I was a non-believer I would have recognized that moment as a special spiritual moment even though I wouldn't have understood it. It would have created in me a hunger to understand more.

The elk was calling for a mate, but even in doing so his call was a song of praise to God. He might not of realized that his song was praise, but it made me look to God and that's the highest praise there is.

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Psalm 150:6a NIV

Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!"
Revelation 5:13 NIV

All of creation was designed to point us in the direction of God. When it doesn't, our hearts must be incredibly hard or we have been blinded to the wonder of the world around us.

Until next time, set aside a few moments to just stop, look around you and listen. Give God praise for what He has created.

Be blessed

Hallelu Yah

Kevin

Perhaps you've experienced the wonder of nature and had one of those special spiritual moments. There is a reason for them, to point you in the direction of God the Father.

If you want to know more about the One so wonderful that He could create these things, take the time to read the Bible. It is profitable reading even for those who don't believe, but it is a gold mine of truth for those who read it with a heart to know more.

If you haven't made the decision to accept Christ as Lord, or don't know what I mean when I say this, email me and I'll share some Bible verses that explain why a personal relationship with Jesus is so important and a prayer that will make it possible.

E-mail Kevin

Copyright 2002, K.F. "Kevin" Corbin. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

About Kevin Corbin I am a Canadian who came to know Jesus while in my 30's. I write both fiction and non fiction, for Christian and non Christian audiences in a variety of genre. An active member of Inscribe Christian Writers Fellowship, my work has been featured on the web, as well as in a variety of local, regional, national and international newspapers and magazines. It is my prayer that my writing will edify the body of believers and point non-believers in the direction of Jesus. To Him be all the glory forever. Kevin's web site

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